Yes, I will, Mr. Chair.
I was suggesting that I thought Mr. Ste-Marie's interest in the bill was legitimate. I think his ideas were in good faith in accordance with his constituents and with the issues that matter to him. In his original amendment, he was looking at industry, international trade, human rights and immigration, and dividing them up and looking at them separately in the committees that hold those priorities. I think his effort was responsible, for the most part.
I was indicating that I believe the subamendment from the parliamentary secretary is what my colleague Mr. Albas called a “deflection”; I use the word “distraction” on the subamendment. I'm speaking directly to the subamendment.
In order for me to do my job, Mr. Chair, when I was making a point on the subamendment about my belief that it's a distraction, I cited the $216,000 illegal trip that the Prime Minister accepted—